Rotary corn-popper



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W. O. MOORE.

ROTARY CORN POPPER.

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IVILLIAM C. MOORE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

ROTARY CORN-POPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,316, dated September 11, 1888.

Application filed April 30, 1888. Serial No. 272,230.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, \VILLIAM C. Moonn, of Springfield, in the county offl reene and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Rotary Corn-Popper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to corn-poppers, and has for its object to provide a corn-popper so constructed that it may be easily handled and will be effective in operation.

The invention will be set forth in the following description,and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 illustrates the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line aux", Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the end of the shaft, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the end of the fastener.

In the construction of the popper I employ a rod or shaft, 1, of a length sufficient to permit the person operating the popper to be at a distance from the fire. The shaftl is formed with a crank-handle, 2, and has located thereon, ad-

jacent to handle 2, a supporting-handle, 3, of

wood or other suitable material, which is a slow conductor of heat, by means of which the pop per may be conveniently held in position for use and the shaft 1 rotated. The receptacle to hold the corn is formed of wire, and may be made ofany suitable shape. As here shown, an oblong receptacle, 4, is employed, substantially cylindrical in shape and formed in two parts, 5, having their meeting edges 6 rc-enforced by a metal binding, 6, folded and crimped thereon,and additionally secured by rivets, if desired. The outer ends of the parts 5 of the receptacle, through which the rod 1 passes, are strengthened by metallic disks 7, secured thereto by projections 8, which are bent through the meshes of the wire. The outer end of shaft 1 is formed with a screw-threaded shouldered end, 9, which projects through the disk 7. The outer portion 5 of the receptacle is fixed on the shaft 1 by a washer, 10, on the inside of disk '7, between it and the shoulder 11 of screw-threaded end 9, and by a nut, 12, on the latter. The inner portion 5 of the receptacle is provided with a cross-piece,

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13, at its open end, which supports the latter on rod 1, and is movable endwise on the latter to open and close the receptacle. To hold the inner portion 5 in closed position a suitable fastening device is employed, and, as here shown, consists of a rod, 14, forming a springarm and having one end bent around rod 1, as at 15, and abutting against holder 3, and the other end formed with a folded projection, 16, and a hook, 17, which engages the shaft 1 and abuts against the end of inner portion 5 when the latter is in closed position. The rod 14 is sufficiently flexible for the hook 17 to be engaged and disengaged with the rod 1 and to be raised up for the inner portion 5 to be moved back on shelf 1 when the receptacle is to be opened.

The inner portion 5 may be held in opened position by means of the folded projection 16 engaging the edge thereof. In the construc tion of the hopper no solder is used, so that the parts will not become separated.

The several parts, being detachable, may be easily taken apart and a number of poppers packed up in compact shape for sale or transportation.

The operation of the popper will be readily seen. The receptacle being closed, as shown in Fig. 1, the holder 3 is grasped in one hand and the receptacle rotated by means of the crank-handle 2 in the other.

XVhile I have described a specific construc tion of parts, I do not intend to limit myself thereto, as they may be varied without departing from the essential features of the in vention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A rotary corn-popper consisting of a receptacle mounted on a shaft and formed with a fixed portion and a portion movable cndwise on the shaft, a fastener for holding the 1novable portion in open and closed position, the shaft having a crank -handle, and a looselymounted suppoi'tinghandle, substantially as described.

2. A corn-popper consisting of shaft 1,with crank handle 2. and supporting-handle 3,

loosely mounted on shaft 1, a wire receptacle consisting of the parts 5 5, with re-cnforced edges 6, and supporting-disks 7, with projecfor holding the endwise movable inner portions 8 engaging the wire-netting, the outer tion 5 in open and closed position, substanportion 5 being secured to shaft 1 by a tially as described.

washer, 10, on the screwthreaded end 9 WILLIAM C. MOORE. thereof, and by a nut, 12, engaging the latter, Witnesses: and the springarm 14, secured to shaft 1 and W. F. OLDHAM,

having hook end 17, with folded projection LG I A. O. WALTRIP. 

